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  • The ion-propelled, remotely-powered jetpack

    06/08/2007 7:28:31 AM PDT · by Reaganesque · 35 replies · 1,320+ views
    Gizmag.com ^ | 06/08/07
    June 8, 2007 This has to be one of the most 'futuristic' developments we've seen in some time; a new U.S. patent has been awarded to a company that has plans for a safe, silent personal flight device using electromagnetic ion propulsion as its primary thrust generator and drawing its power wirelessly from earthbound inductive green power broadcast stations. California's Personal Flight Systems are taking a serious look at the future of personal flight, and the technology involved will leave you shaking your head. It's been seven years now since the dawn of the new millennium, but it just doesn't...
  • Man attempts to escape from California.

    07/16/2002 10:49:10 AM PDT · by scouse · 42 replies · 5+ views
    ABC News ^ | 12th July 2002 | Ned Potter & Richard Sergay.
    By Ned Potter and Richard Sergay July 12 — Would you like to fly — really fly? No planes, no airport lines, not even any wings — just you and the wind in your face? James Bond did it — sort of. In the 1965 film Thunderball, 007 escapes the bad guys with a jet pack strapped to his back. The jet pack was genuine — it was designed by an engineer at Bell Aerospace Corp. — but it barely had enough fuel to stay in the air for 30 seconds. Private flight has always seemed to be one of...